I’ve never been very fond of bees. They sting. I have vivid childhood memories of swollen limbs as a result of getting too close to them. So I was somewhat perturbed when I turned up at the cottage last week…
DelMay 14, 2017
A is for Apotheke, B is for Bugs, C is for Chill and D is for Drugs The influenza A to Z wiped out the A to Z challenge, but there's always next month ...
DelApril 27, 2017
As the self-appointed bartender (or mixologist, as I believe the cocktail makers and shakers are known in modern parlance) of our cabin at #CampNaNoWriMo, it is my duty to my fellow cabin-mates to find new concoctions. I have news for…
DelApril 8, 2017
Last post about our show, I promise ... at least for now. We wanted to have some sort of ‘do’ to end the exhibition and the #obvs thing would have been an artists’ talk, but with six of us, that…
DelApril 7, 2017
I wanted to continue to promote Remembrance of Things Passed, but struggling to do that with the letter E, although E is for Eggs and there are some eggs in the show, but it’s not my picture, so we’ll have…
DelApril 6, 2017
... Drop In. I’m invigilating at the Magic Gallery tomorrow (11.00 to 6.00) – do drop in and see our fabulous show (she says modestly) if you’re in London. Remembrance of Things Passed A Mixed Bag Exhibition curated by Cheryl…
DelApril 5, 2017
If he were still alive, Chap would have been ninety today. We’re celebrating his life this evening with the opening of our small exhibition Remembrance of Things Passed. I have surpassed myself on the canape front – cheese and pineapple…
DelApril 4, 2017
MisterMac was on the radio this morning, on the business bit of the Today programme, which is broadcast at 6.15 am. It wasn’t pre-recorded and so the good old Beeb sent a car for him at 5.30. I too arose…
DelApril 3, 2017
First day of April, first day of the A to Z blog challenge and first day at Camp NaNoWriMo. Already there are shades of my long ago camping days with the Girl Guides – my part of the cabin looks…
DelApril 1, 2017
My amazing sister-in-law, Wilcey, is packing her bags ready to go to Costa Rica where she’s going to walk miles through treacherous conditions whilst raising money for MacMillan (her donation page is here). It sounds pretty serious stuff with poisonous…
DelMarch 29, 2017
“It looks too new and pristine ever to have been read by anyone else, but it has been: it keeps falling open at the most delightful places as the ghost of its former owner points me to things I've never…
DelMarch 16, 2017
On the recommendation of wpnewington, I spent a happy hour watching Rick Stein’s long weekend in Vienna (available here on BBC iPlayer). Arriving at Schwechat airport, Stein points out the Figlmüller sign for Wienerschnitzel and says how much he’s looking…
DelJanuary 8, 2017
Or at the side of the holy church, as temples didn’t feature on our morning perambulation, whereas a church is easy to find as you’re never far away from one in Vienna. Today’s choices are two magnificent pieces from La…
DelDecember 29, 2016
Does a good novel need good sex? Some clearly do. Where would Lady Chatterley’s Lover be sans sex? Could 50 Shades of Grey work without any fornication? But for others, I do wonder if the sex has been added as…
DelNovember 6, 2016